Coronavirus: Are Hospitals Following guidelines?

Barely 12 hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Television and asked citizens to follow ‘social distancing’ whereby citizens maintain a safe distance from each other to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, hundreds of patients and attendants continue to crowd government hospitals particularly the Out-Patient Department or OPD.
At the Delhi government’s busy Lok Kalyan Hospital patients and attendants could be seen almost packed together, some not even 2 inches apart.
GoNews spoke to some of the doctors at the bustling hospital who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Doctors say the risk of spread of the coronavirus at the hospital and various wards is very high. Patients who are coming in with symptoms of COVID-19 are not being properly isolated fast enough as they stand in line with others and mingle with other patients. "We have all kinds of patients ranging from those with heart problems to asthma. As their immunity and physical strength are compromised, one can only imagine the consequences if they contract the coronavirus," a young doctor told me. Ironically, even on Friday, the Union Health Ministry asked all states and central government hospitals to advise patients not to come for the OPD if it can be avoided for the time being. The letter also asks the head of the hospitals to ensure that OPDs are organised in such a manner that there is enough spacing between patients.
(Picture from Delhi Govt's Lok Kalyan Hospital)
GoNews spoke to some of the doctors at the bustling hospital who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Doctors say the risk of spread of the coronavirus at the hospital and various wards is very high. Patients who are coming in with symptoms of COVID-19 are not being properly isolated fast enough as they stand in line with others and mingle with other patients. "We have all kinds of patients ranging from those with heart problems to asthma. As their immunity and physical strength are compromised, one can only imagine the consequences if they contract the coronavirus," a young doctor told me. Ironically, even on Friday, the Union Health Ministry asked all states and central government hospitals to advise patients not to come for the OPD if it can be avoided for the time being. The letter also asks the head of the hospitals to ensure that OPDs are organised in such a manner that there is enough spacing between patients.
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